Who Belongs to Glasgow?

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A landmark publication in 1993, this study of Glasgow immigration was used in all schools throughout the city. Now thoroughly revised and updated with a new chapter, this timely publication is an essential insight into the historical background of Glasgow's migrant groups and their interactions with the indigenous population.

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Title	Who Belongs to Glasgow?
Author	Mary Edward
Binding	Paperback
ISBN-13	9781905222872
No. of Pages	192
Series	N/A
Edition	N/A
Author Bio	Mary Edward was born in Glasgow and graduated from Glasgow University in 1975 with an Honours Arts degree. She worked in education in Strathclyde Region for 20 years and retired in 1996. For the latter part of that time she worked as Education Development Officer in the field of Multi-Cultural Anti-Racist education, developing and producing many resources and developing and delivering in-service packages to teachers at every level. During that time she researched and wrote the first edition of WhoBelongs to Glasgow? a documentary history of immigration to Glasgow over two centuries. Mary is currently President of Strathkelvin Writers' Workshop, and Vice-President of the Scottish Association of Writers.
Back Cover Copy	Why are there so many Italian hairdressers and Chinese restaurants in Glasgow? Who's more Glaswegian: an Irishman, a Highlander or a Pole? Whos city is this anyway? For the past 200 years, immigrants to Glasgow have found prosperity and poverty in its streets and closes. Mary Edward investigates their history, and the contribution they have brought to the city. With clear-sighted social analysis and an impressive assembly of historical evidence, Edward weaves a vivid tapestry of the many peoples and cultures that have created contemporary Glasgow. The staggering diversity of languages, religions and ethnicities is no new phenomenon in this city on the Clyde. Today's Glasweigans are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of yesterday's incomers, all of whom have chosen this great Scottish melting pot as their own. This book will be an education and a delight to generations of Glasweigans - and all those proud to belong to Glasgow.
Reviews	'After all, when we are asked the question 'who belongs to Glasgow?' the answer is... 'the world belongs to Glasgow'.' - LIZ CAMERON, FORMER LORD PROVOST OF GLASGOW
Table of Contents	N/A
BISAC Subject	HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
BIC Subject	Local history

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